Gemini in Google Slides review
7.0/10★★★★★Gemini builds full, editable Google Slides decks from a prompt and your Drive files
- Best for
- Google Workspace users who want decks built from their own Drive files
- Price
- Paid · from £18.99/month
Free: Google Slides is free, but full-deck generation needs a paid Google AI or Workspace plan - Platforms
- Web
- Made by
- Google, Mountain View, USA · since 1998
What it is
Gemini in Google Slides creates a multi-slide presentation from a single prompt, grounded in Drive files and able to match the style of another deck. You review and edit an outline first, and the result is native, fully editable Slides; it launched in English (US) in June 2026.
Latest: Google made full-deck generation with Gemini in Google Slides generally available in June 2026.
What the AI does
- Prompt to full, native Slides deck
- Grounding in Drive files, emails and chats
- Match the style of an existing presentation
- Editable outline before slides are built
Pros and cons
- Output is native, fully editable Google Slides
- Pulls content from your Drive, Gmail and Chat
- Outline review before generation
- Needs a paid Google AI or Workspace plan
- English (US) only at launch
- Fewer design options than specialist tools
How it scores
A useful, native feature for Workspace users, but new, English-only and plainer in design than specialist tools.
Feature checklist · 4 of 9
- Generates a full deck from a prompt (yes)
- Builds a deck from an uploaded document, file or URL (yes)
- Exports to PowerPoint or builds decks inside it (no)
- Exports to Google Slides or builds decks inside it (yes)
- Rewrites, restyles or remixes existing slides with AI (no)
- Applies your brand, fonts or own template (yes)
- Generates AI images (no)
- Translates decks into other languages (no)
- Builds charts, diagrams or infographics (no)
Alternatives
See all Gemini in Google Slides alternatives, ranked →
- Gamma 8.8/10Anyone who wants a good-looking deck from a prompt in minutes
- Canva Presentations 8.6/10People who want design freedom and AI help in one familiar tool
- Plus AI 7.9/10Teams that have to deliver in Google Slides or PowerPoint
- Beautiful.ai 7.8/10Professionals who want consistently clean, on-brand slides without fiddling
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